Improved combined clothes-horse



UNIT-ED STATES Pirrrnvrl OFFICE.

HENRY L. STILLSON, OF FLATTSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED COMBINED CLOTHES-HORSE, 80C.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 82,256, dated September15,1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. STILLsoN, of Plattsburg, in the county ofChilton, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Clothes-H0rse,Quiltin g-Frame, andIroning-Table; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact descriptionV thereof, reference being had to the,accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and generalarrangement of a table which, with very slight and easily-madealterations, can be converted into a quiltingframe, a clothes-horse, oran ironing-table.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will nowv proceed to describe its construction andoperation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of `thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of thequilting-frame; Figs. 2 and 4, views of the key to turn the rollers onthe same; Fig. 3, side view of the ratchet-wheel on the end of therollers in the quilting -frame. Fig. 5 is a side view of the table; Fig.6, side view of the top of the same; Fig. 7, view of the upper insidepart of the side pieces; Fig. 8, plan view of the clothes-horse; Fig. 9,plan view of the ironing-table, and Fig. 10 plan vieW of theironing-board.

A A represent side pieces, made of suitable material and dimensions, andof any shape desired, forming legs or supports, but so constructed as tohave a vertical center bar, and at its top a horizontal board or bar, ofabout the same length as the width of the tabletop B.

The center bars referred to are slotted at a convenient distance fromthe top to admit the tenons a a on the ends of the center board C, whichconnects the two side pieces together, and, by means of a wedge, b,inserted into a slot on said tenon outside of the side pieces, holdsthem steady.

y The table-top B is provided on its under side with lugs or pins c c,which fit into holes m m on the upper sides of the side pieces A A, andwith slats d d, which are so placed as to close on the outer side of theside pieces. The beveled buttons e c are also placed on the under sideof the table-top B, and t into a slot or mortise, l1., on the inside ofthe said side pieces A A, so that by these means the table-top is rmlyheld on the same.

When it is desired to remove the table-top, it is only necessary to turnthe beveled ends of the buttons e c out of the slots h, when it can beeasily lifted oif. The ironing-board G, which may be made of any size orshape desired, is also provided with similar pins c c, slats d d, andbuttons e e, as shown in Fig. 10, and is attached to or removed from theside pieces A A in the same manner as the tabletop.

On the inner part of the upper side of the side pieces A A are mortisesg g, and on the inside of the said side pieces are corresponding holesz' i, made to alternate a hole and mortise opposite in either end, intowhich the clothes-bars F F are placed, as shown in Fig. 8, forming aperfect clothes-horse.

To change it to a quilting-frame, it may be necessary to change thecenter board O to a longer one than usually in the table, which caneasily be done by removing the wedges b b, when the old center board canbe taken out, and a new one substituted and fastened in like manner. Y

The rollers D D are provided with journals n n in their ends, whichpassthrough holes in the ends of the top bar, on the side pieces A A,extending a short distance beyond the same. These rollers may be made inany manner suitable; but I design principally to make them in the shapeof a four-armed cross, as shown in Fig. 3, one of these arms beingprovided with a series of holes, to which the quilt is basted, thusdoing away with any other appliance than the rollers themselves.

The rollers are kept from rolling when working by means of aratchet-wheel, E, placed at one or both ends of said rollers, and a dog,f, placed on the inside of the side pieces holding said wheel. The topbars of the side pieces A A are also provided with a series of hooks, 7ck, to stretch the quilt endwise, by hooking it to them, thus saving anybasting on the ends.

To turn the rollers D D, I use a key, H,

which ts on the journals n n, projecting* 2. The combination of thegrooved supports AA with the top B, and board' G, and' rails F, Whenthey are adjustable, and all constructed as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this22d day of June, 1868.

H. L. STILLSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. WATSON, A. GUIBORD.

